katie, a douchebag wrote:

Edd Tastyhead wrote:His drumming defines SOLID.

This is true, and it's my biggest problem with him. He's always SOLID, but sometimes the song doesn't call for SOLID.

I can think of a few later-period songs that would've benefited from an approach that was less SOLID. "Stawberry Fields"- really like that song, hate the drumming. Very literal drums on an abstract song. This song did not need the SOLID from Ringo. No wonder Lennon was never happy with it.

run joe run wrote:The drumming on A Day In The Life is poetic and dreamlike.

dontfeartheringo wrote:A couple of great stories from Patton Oswalt on another forum made me search out this thread and cast my vote for NC.

You might have anticipated my vote from my screen name...

patton wrote:When people asked Ringo, "What do you say to people who say you're not a good drummer?", he always replied, "I tell them I was the drummer in The Beatles."

Also, I don't know if you guys have heard that awesome George Martin Beatles mash-up CD, but, apparently, when Martin was isolating each track and element, he spent a few hours listening to Ringo's drumming. And then he called Ringo up, and said, "Richard, I was just listening to all your drum tracks, and...they're really good." And Ringo said, quietly, "Yeah, I know."

On days when I go into the studio to play on someone else's record, and I try to play with as much swing, conciseness and humor as Ringo, they never say "Wow, could you play, like, more fills and stuff? Do you have a second bass drum you could play?"

They generally say "How should we make out this check? Can you be here tomorrow?"

etch wrote:

dontfeartheringo wrote:A couple of great stories from Patton Oswalt on another forum made me search out this thread and cast my vote for NC.

You might have anticipated my vote from my screen name...

patton wrote:When people asked Ringo, "What do you say to people who say you're not a good drummer?", he always replied, "I tell them I was the drummer in The Beatles."

Also, I don't know if you guys have heard that awesome George Martin Beatles mash-up CD, but, apparently, when Martin was isolating each track and element, he spent a few hours listening to Ringo's drumming. And then he called Ringo up, and said, "Richard, I was just listening to all your drum tracks, and...they're really good." And Ringo said, quietly, "Yeah, I know."

On days when I go into the studio to play on someone else's record, and I try to play with as much swing, conciseness and humor as Ringo, they never say "Wow, could you play, like, more fills and stuff? Do you have a second bass drum you could play?"

They generally say "How should we make out this check? Can you be here tomorrow?"

Jim Goad living in Atlanta? Hilarious.

Hey man, it's me Chad, good to see you here.

Just watched Help last night and Ringo's alright with me.

"It Don't Come Easy" was my first 45 as a kid.

katie, a douchebag wrote: "Stawberry Fields"- really like that song, hate the drumming.

katie, a douchebag wrote:

run joe run wrote:The drumming on A Day In The Life is poetic and dreamlike.

I think that's my favorite Ringo performance and sound.

dontfeartheringo wrote:

etch wrote:

dontfeartheringo wrote:A couple of great stories from Patton Oswalt on another forum made me search out this thread and cast my vote for NC.

You might have anticipated my vote from my screen name...

patton wrote:When people asked Ringo, "What do you say to people who say you're not a good drummer?", he always replied, "I tell them I was the drummer in The Beatles."

Also, I don't know if you guys have heard that awesome George Martin Beatles mash-up CD, but, apparently, when Martin was isolating each track and element, he spent a few hours listening to Ringo's drumming. And then he called Ringo up, and said, "Richard, I was just listening to all your drum tracks, and...they're really good." And Ringo said, quietly, "Yeah, I know."

On days when I go into the studio to play on someone else's record, and I try to play with as much swing, conciseness and humor as Ringo, they never say "Wow, could you play, like, more fills and stuff? Do you have a second bass drum you could play?"

They generally say "How should we make out this check? Can you be here tomorrow?"

Jim Goad living in Atlanta? Hilarious.

Hey man, it's me Chad, good to see you here.

Just watched Help last night and Ringo's alright with me.

"It Don't Come Easy" was my first 45 as a kid.

Jim is apparently thrilled with boiled peanuts and red velvet cake and the tall buildings at night.

If he can handle Atlanta, more power to him. I like to visit and i dearly love my Atlanta peeps, but I don't let the sun come up on me up in there. No sir. Back to the country with me, before the traffic starts!

And, as embarrassing as it is to ask this... which chad??

japmn wrote:Ringo plays like a musician instead of some asshole with sticks popping wheelies all the time. N/C just not fancy.